Youth choir to hold free Christmas concert

Tim Zimmerman and the King’s Brass will play at the Marina Civic Center.

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By JACQUELINE BOSTICK / The News Herald

Published: Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 04:43 PM.

PANAMA CITY — A free Christmas concert will feature songs from a local youth choir and a nationally recognized brass band.

At 7 p.m. Tuesday Bay County Christian Youth Choir Inc. will host a community Christmas concert featuring Tim Zimmerman and the King’s Brass at the Marina Civic Center. The concert will also feature songs from a community band and choir.

The BCCYCI, a nonprofit corporation comprised of 50 high school students from various local schools and churches, will usher in the event as “a gift from the youth choir to the community,” said Nevin Zimmerman, president of the group.

“It’s a very fun evening,” he said.

The youth choir will perform three songs, one of which is an original song, written by member Ashley Rader Taws, and the other two accompanied by the brass band.

The King’s Brass style of music is hymn classics with a contemporary flair, the band’s website stated.

The nine-piece brass ensemble and percussion band has performed about 100 shows a year for the past 20 years, the website stated. The band also does a summer tour and holiday tours and performances.

PANAMA CITY — A free Christmas concert will feature songs from a local youth choir and a nationally recognized brass band.

At 7 p.m. Tuesday Bay County Christian Youth Choir Inc. will host a community Christmas concert featuring Tim Zimmerman and the King’s Brass at the Marina Civic Center. The concert will also feature songs from a community band and choir.

The BCCYCI, a nonprofit corporation comprised of 50 high school students from various local schools and churches, will usher in the event as “a gift from the youth choir to the community,” said Nevin Zimmerman, president of the group.

“It’s a very fun evening,” he said.

The youth choir will perform three songs, one of which is an original song, written by member Ashley Rader Taws, and the other two accompanied by the brass band.

The King’s Brass style of music is hymn classics with a contemporary flair, the band’s website stated.

The nine-piece brass ensemble and percussion band has performed about 100 shows a year for the past 20 years, the website stated. The band also does a summer tour and holiday tours and performances.

Zimmerman said the concert will serve as “an opportunity for people to learn about the youth choir also for all of the churches to come together to have an exciting time.”

He added that not all of BCCYCI members attend church; however, they all have an interest in music.

A community band and choir will perform four songs each.

Zimmerman hinted that he hopes people will not only attend the concert, but also participate in singing the songs.